Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1887-03-05

world into fear and confusion; but az III
matter is great one, and as we are anger"
against the king because of the slaughter
have seen, and because OF the act OF
Inanusi GagOol, who would have put
friend IgnOsi to death, we have determl
to do So and to give such a sign as all
may see Come hither,' and led them
the door Of the hut and pointed to the Fl
ball Of the rising sun; what see we ther
1--WE see the rising sun" answered
spokesman of the party.
1T IS so. Now tell me, can any mortal
man put out that sun, so that night comes
down on the land at midday%
The chief laughed little. mo, my lOrd,
that no man can do The sun is stronger
than man who looks on him."
''Ye say SO. Yet tell you that this day,
one hour after midday, will we put out that
sun for space of an hour, and darkness
shall cover the earth, and it shall be for
sign that we are indeed men of honor, and
that Ignosi is indeed King of the Kukuanas
If we do this thing will it satisfy ye?
"Yea, my lords" answered the old chief
with a smile, which was reflected on the
faces Of his companions; 'if ye do this thing
we will be satisfied indeed"
Elephant Bougwan the clear-eyed, and Ma
cumazahn, who watches in the night, have
said it, and it shall be done. Dost thou hear,
InfadOOs"
Il hear, my lord but it is wonderful
thing that ye promise, to put out the sun, the
father of all things, who shines forever"
yet shall we do it, lnfadoos."
1T is we'll, my lords To-day, little al
ter midday, will Twala send for my lords to
witness the girls dance, and one hour after
the dance begins shall the girl whom Twala
thinks The fairest be killed by Scragga the
kings son, as a sacrifice TO the silent stone
ones, who sit and keep watch by the noun
tains yonder" and he pointed to the three
strange-Iool1ng peaks where SolomOn's
Road was supposed to end. Then let my
lords darken the sun, and save the maiden's
life, and the people will indeed believe"
"Ay" said the old chief, still smiling
little, ''the people will believe, indeed"
Two miles from Loo went on lnfadOes,
''there is a hill curved like the new moon,
a stronghold, where my regiment, and three
other regiments which these men command
are stationed. This morning we will ma
a plan whereby other regiments, two
three may be moved there also. Then
darkness l will take my lords by the ha
and lead them out of Loo to this pla1v
! where they shall be safe and thence can We
make war upon Twala, the king"
1T is good,'5 said l. Now, leave us 10
! sleep awhile and make ready our magic"
| InfadooS rose, anG. having saluted us, de-
parted with the chiefs.
My friends" said IgnOsi. as soon as Gley
/ 1r-o,n e.oY,p ttoaY1 20 it1ppd do y-0n1nV-
! full thing, or were ye speaking empty words
to the men?"
1--WE believe that we can do it, Umbopa-
Ignosi, mean"
1T is strange" he answered. 'and had sc
not been EngliShmen [ would not have be-
lieved it; but English gentlemen tell no
lies. If we live through the matter, be sure
| will repay ye!'
"Ignosi," said Sir Henry, promise ne
one thing"
II will promise, Incubu, my friend, even
before | hear it" answered the big mar
with a smile ''What is it?'
This; that if you ever come to be king Of
this people yOE will do away with the smell
ling out of witches such as we have seer
last night; and that the killing of men with
out trial shall not take place in the land"
Ignosi thought for moment after had
translated this, and then answered:
''The ways Of black people are not the
ways of white men, Incubu nor do we hold
life as high as We. Yet will promise it. II
it be in my power to hold them back, the
witch-iin ders shall hunt no more, nor shall
any man die the death without judgment"
That's bargain, then" said Sir Henry:
"and now let Us get little rest.
Thoroughly wearied out we were Soon
sound asleep. and slept till IgnOsi woke rs
about e,cyen O'Clock. Then we got up.
washed. and ate a hearty breakfast, not
knowing when we should get any more food
After that We Went outside the hut and
stared az the San which we were distressed
to observe presented a respectable appear
ance. without sign OF an eclipse anywhere
about it.
81 hope it will come off. said Sir Henry.
+ doubttuily. False prophets often iRa
themselves in painful positions"
IF it does not it will soon be up With us,
! 1 answered, mourafully; ''for so suIa as we
are living men some of those chiefs will tell
the whole. story to the king, and then there
will be another sort Of an eclipse, and one
| that we shall not like
! Returning to the hut we dressed ourselves,
putting on the mail shirts which the king
had sent us as before. Scarcely had we
done so when messenger came from .Twa-
la to bid us to the great annual dance Oh
girls" which was about to be celebrated.
Taking our rifles and ammunition with US
so as to have them handy in case we had 30
! fly, as suggested by Infadoos, we started
boldly enough, though with inward fear and
trembling. The great space in front OF the
j kings kraaI presented very different ap-
pearance from what it had done on the pre-
vious evening. In the place OF the grim
ranks of the serried warriors were company
after company of Kukuana girls, not over
dressed, so far as clothing went, but each
crowned with wreath of flowers, and bold
ing palm-leaf in one hand and tall white
! lily (the arltnl) in the other. In the cen
of the open space sat Twala, the king, w
Gagool at his feet, attended by InfadoOs,
! boy Scragga, and about dozen guar
There were also present about score
chiefs, amongst whom recognized most
our friends of the night before.
/ Twala greeted us with much apparent cor
/ diality, though | saw him fix his one eEe
viciouslV on umbe--
Two negro lneendiaries were iynched
at Sidon on theSY. & NJ. V. Railroad